1Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.
2I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing:
3I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried:
4They that hate me without a cause are moe than the hairs of mine head:
5O God, thou knowest my foolishness;
6Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord God of hosts, be ashamed for my sake:
7Because for thy sake I have borne reproach;
8I am become a stranger unto my brethren,
9For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up;
10When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting,
11I made sackcloth also my garment;
12They that sit in the gate speak against me;
13But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O Lord, in an acceptable time:
14Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink:
15Let not the waterflood overflow me,
16Hear me, O Lord; for thy lovingkindness is good:
17And hide not thy face from thy servant;
18Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it:
19Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour:
20Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness:
21They gave me also gall for my meat;
22Let their table become a snare before them:
23Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not;
24Pour out thine indignation upon them,
25Let their habitation be desolate;
26For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten;
27Add iniquity unto their iniquity:
28Let them be blotted out of the book of the living,
29But I am poor and sorrowful:
30I will praise the name of God with a song;
31This also shall please the Lord better than an ox
32The humble shall see this, and be glad:
33For the Lord heareth the poor,
34Let the heaven and earth praise him,
35For God will save Zion,
36The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: